Stories in Domain Life from 2012

January

• Wm. Polk Carey (1930-2012),  benefactor of business education at Sewanee | Jan 3Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Lilly 2012 Summer Discernment Institute invites applicants | January 5
• Bishop of London to give Convocation address | January 10
• 2012-14 Carey Business Honors Fellows named | Jan 15Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Greeting card turned golf entrepreneur named Viewpoints speaker | Jan 15Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Physics Department sponsors lecture on Nissan’s electric car the LEAF | Jan 17Sewanee Environmental Institute
• Bishop of London speaks at Opening Convocation | January 25

February

• New HVAC policy to save energy | February 29

March

• CEOs, entrepreneur share insights, experience, and advice | Mar 3Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Sewanee students in finance competition | Mar 7Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Corporate Valuation Training Seminar | Mar 17Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Sweet Sixteen: Great Colleges of the South | March 21
• Carey Fellows get New York briefings | Mar 24Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Creativity guru is next Graham Executive in Residence | Mar 28Babson Center for Global Commerce

April

• Five students awarded Beecken Scholarships | Apr 2Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Summer 2012 Undergraduate Environmental Research | Apr 6Sewanee Environmental Institute
• Sewanee grad receives NSF graduate research fellowship | Apr 9Sewanee Environmental Institute
• Marketing innovator says purpose is key to business success | Apr 12Babson Center for Global Commerce
• TVA names Sewanee “Innovator of the Year” | April 13
• New student EMTs, firefighters named | April 16
• Sewanee Herbarium in the spotlight | Apr 20Sewanee Environmental Institute

May

• Awards presented at student leadership banquet | May 1
• Sewanee hosts RAM clinic; 500+ patients served | May 21
• Photos from the RAM clinic at Sewanee, May 19-20, 2012 | May 21
• Strong academic year for business education at Sewanee | May 28Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Once-vanquished American chestnut returning to the Sewanee campus | May 29

June

• Greek alumni welcome dean, discuss campus topics | June 14

July

• Carey Fellows Summer in Sewanee | Jul 3Babson Center for Global Commerce
• See poet Billy Collins interviewed on PBS during his visit to Sewanee | July 23
• University takes action to address erosion - August 7 update | July 24

August

• Campus sustainability efforts continue throughout summer | August 10
• Center for Religion and the Environment awarded grant | August 14
• Babson Center steps up entrepreneurial focus | Aug 16Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Campus team joins others in unique student health collaborative | August 17
• Welcome, class of 2016! | August 20
• Sewanee tapped to join Bonner Foundation High Impact Initiative | August 21
• Farm and university-run dining hall to change food on campus | August 21
• New student orientation 2012 | August 27

September

• Business and Politics is next Viewpoints topic | Sep 17Babson Center for Global Commerce

October

• “The year of the orange fence” | October 1
• Founders’ Day Convocation, Oct. 9 | October 1
• Founders’ Day celebrated | October 10
• Board of Trustees elect new regents and trustees | October 10
• Sewanee’s inaugural Entrepreneurship Week opens October 22 | Oct 11Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Sewanee Summer Music Festival seeking ideas for 2013 community concerts | October 12
• Lecture Event on Successful Approaches to Poverty | Oct 16Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Once-vanquished American Chestnut making a comeback at Sewanee | October 23
• Sewanee representatives attend national sustainability conference | October 23
• Reestablishing the Kirby-Smith apple orchard at Sewanee | October 23

November

• Entrepreneurship Week highlights student creativity, new career paths for graduates | Nov 6Babson Center for Global Commerce
• Human Rights Awareness Week at Sewanee | November 6
• White-collar Felon to Speak on His Role in Massive HealthSouth Financial Fraud | Nov 18Babson Center for Global Commerce